1982 (2019 film)

1982 is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Oualid Mouaness, and starring Nadine Labaki and Mohamad Dalli.^[3]

1982 (2022)
Film poster
Directed by	Oualid Mouaness
Written by	Oualid Mouaness
Produced by	Alix Madigan Oualid Mouaness Myriam Sassine Georges Schoucair Christopher Tricarico
Starring	Nadine Labaki Mohamad Dalli Gia Madi Rodrigue Sleiman Aliya Khalidi Ghassan Maalouf
Cinematography	Brian Rigney Hubbard
Edited by	Jad Dani Ali Hassan Sabine El Gemayel
Music by	Nadim Mishlawi
Production companies	Tricycle Logic Abbout Productions Boo Pictures Barentsfilm Mad Dog Films Soapbox Films
Distributed by	MC Distribution
Release dates	September 8, 2019 (2019-09-08) (TIFF) September 23, 2019 (2019-09-23)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Lebanon Norway France Qatar
Languages	Arabic English French[1]
Box office	$60,751[2]

The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere.^[4] It was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.^[5][6] It won the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Young Cinema sidebar {Prix Cannes Ecrans Juniors 2021}.^[7]

Plot

Set against the beginning of the 1982 Lebanon War, the film stars Nadine Labaki as Yesmine, a schoolteacher in Beirut, and Mohamad Dalli as Wissam, a young boy in her class who is trying to find the courage to tell his classmate Joanna (Gia Madi) that he has a crush on her.^[8]

Production

1982 was produced by companies based in Lebanon, Norway, France and Qatar. North American digital, ancillary & broadcast rights were purchased by Utopia. North American theatrical, events & educational rights are held by Tricycle Logic.

See also

• List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Lebanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film